Poultry-coop.



R. L. WIDNEY'.

POULTRY COOP. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1907 Patented 001;. 20, 1908.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT orrion;

RALPH L. WIDNEY, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

POULTRY-COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed August a, 1907. Serial No. 387,890.

To all whom it may concern:-

lie it known that I,.R.n.r11 L.'WIDNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at La llarpe, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Poultry-Coop, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a coop for poul-l try, more especially to thattype of co0psused for breeding purposes.

One object of the invention is to provide a coop made preferably ofmetal of cylindrical form with a removable bottomand ventilating top.The body of the coop is, by choice, madeof several sections of sheetmetal oined by double lock connections which enable the With these andother objects in View the.

invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arranement of parts hereinafter described and efinitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved coop,. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of the coop on aplane passingthrough the doors' Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional Viewthrough one side of the coop. Fig. 4 ,is a detail Cir view illustratingthe inner door. from within the coop. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview showing the separation of the body sections. Fig. (3 is a verticalsectional viewof a portion of thewall and roof of the coop showing theventilating space between the too of the wall and the roof.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts on all thefigures.

entirely eliminates corners into which youn chicks are inclined to crowdand be killeri Near thebottom edge of the'coop is formed acircumferential bead 6 projecting into the coop, on which the floor 7partly'rests. The

lower edge is .cut vertically at short distances apart into narrowfingers, each alternate finger 8 is then bent inwardly to a for thebottom 7. The remaining fingers 9 are left' standing to support the coopand .raise the bottom above the ground that a circulation o'f'air mayflow through the spaces The -floor 7 is of circular shape but a'p earsirregular because of the necessity 0 enlarglng the lock connections 5 toshow them clearly.

Above the body of the coop 1 isplaced a conical roof 11 the eaves ofwhich extend some distance away from the cdop. The

the coop by means of metal strips 12.attached to the under side of theroof, bent to form hooks which catch over the edge. of

and the body for ventilating the coop. In one sectiomsa .2, of the,coopis cut an opening 13 for t e fowls to pass in and out. Pivoted on a boltat one edge of the 0 en- -ing are,two outer doors 14 and 15 an an innerdoor 16, concentrically curved with the coop and with one another. Theouter doors are vermin proof, one; 14, being of wire netting and theother, 15, of solid sheet metal. One or the other of these doors areclosed at night to prevent the entrance 6i? mals. They are pivotedcentrally on one side of the door and coop 0 )ening and have a guard 17at the other si e so that either door can be turned on its pivot andleave the other in place. By shaping and pivot ing the doors in themanner described they Wlll, when opened, lie closeto the coop and be outof the way. Within, the coop is the third door 16 centrally pivotedatone side which enables it to be opened and closed like the outer ones.The inner door is made with a very coarse mesh, the openings being abouttwo inches by four inches. When this door is closed and the othersopened, the mother-hen will be kept Within the coop but the chicks canass in and out through the lneshes of the door 16. The pivot pin onwhich the doors turn is necessarily a from a closed to an open positionand vice body of the coop from the bead 6 to its horizontal position asan additional supportt-he body and leave a space between theroofloosefit so that the; curved doors may swing...

10 under the coop and keep the bottom-dry.

roof'll' is raised above the upper edge of rats, weasels, minks andother small ani- I versa. Besides, there is but a single pivot and thedoors themselves will spring or yield as their ends pass by the curvedside of the coop.

A coop made of sheet metal, preferably galvanized iron, may be keptthoroughly clean and sanitary; there are no corners into which dirt cancollect, as the corner formed by the walls and bottom is eliminated assoon as the bottom is removed. The parts can then be thoroughly washedand disinfected.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A poultry coopcomprising a circular body made entirely of sheet metal in separablesections and having a circumferential bead near the bottom edge of saidbody, spaced fingers extending downwardly from said bead to support thecoop ground, alternating fingers bent inwardly, and a floor for saidcoop resting on said bead and the inwardly turned fingers.

2. A coop formed of sheet metal, and a removable floor therefor, thebody of said coop having fingers on the lower edge and a horizontal beadabove said fingers, said floor supported on the bead and a plurality ofsaid fingers turned inwardly.

3. A coop formed of sheet metal having an mwardly prO ectmg bead andlnwardly above the I turned fingers near its lower end, and a removablefloor supported on said head and fingers.

hooks secured to and depending from the root for detachably engaging theupper edge of the body, said hooks constituting means for spacing theroof from the body.

5. A coop comprising a circular sheet metal body, a floor detachablysupported within the body, a roof, and combined spacing and supportingmeans depending from the roof for detachably engaging the upper edge ofthe body.

6. A knockdown coop comprising a circular body consisting of detachablyconnected sheet metal section's, a floor detachably supported andsurrounded by said sections, a roof, and combined spacing and supportingdevices depending from the roof and embracing and detachably engagingthe upper edge of the body, said roof extending beyond the wall of thebody. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH L. VVIDNEY.

lVitnesses WILLIS GRANT BUsHnY, Maren: CoULsoN.

4. A coop comprising a body, a roof, and

